TV1 6pm News Bulletin (First Segment)

America’s Cup - Dean Barker - End Of The Road For Sir
Peter - Spectators Around The Country - Congratulations To
The Team - Next America’s Cup

AMERICA’S CUP: With a
clean sweep Team New Zealand are the first team to
successfully defend the America’s Cup outside United States,
beating the Italians five-nil. Celebrations are continuing
at the America’s Cup Village with over 70,000 spectators
packing the wharves to greet the victors. Police say there
have been no problems.

DEAN BARKER - Dean Barker replaced
Skipper Russell Coutts to sail the final winning race. His
first America’s Cup race, Barker easily outmaneuvered the
Italians. Barker had been racing Coutts in Cup practices in
Team New Zealand's other yacht.

END OF THE ROAD FOR
SIR PETER: Team New Zealand’s Cup success marks the end of
Sir Peter Blake’s association with the America’s Cup. He
now leaves the country to head the Cousteu
society.

SPECTATORS AROUND THE COUNTRY: For every
spectator at the Village there were thousands more
supporting New Zealand’s defence around the country. Shops
with televisions became surrounded by spectators in Auckland
and Christchurch.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM: From across
the Tasman, Prime Minister Helen Clark took time off from
her official schedule to congratulate the race winners.
Auckland’s Mayor Christine Fletcher has announced a parade
on Queen Street this Saturday.

NEXT AMERICA’S CUP: The
next America’s Cup regatta will start in the Hauraki Gulf in
late 2002 with Team NZ head Sir Peter Blake announcing the
decision. The US, Japan, France, Australia and Italy are all
expected to contest the next Cup.

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